Chapter Sixty-Three: Taming

Fang Yuan was momentarily taken aback—this truly surprised him. Such a great white shark, and it could actually be kept as a pet? The nature of a great white shark was notoriously fierce, an innate savagery impossible to tame. Unlike lions and tigers, great white sharks were also far more intelligent than most animals, which was precisely why they could not be domesticated by humans. Their ferocity made them immune to fear and resistant to any attempt at control.

To keep a great white shark as a pet—no matter the motivation—was no small feat. For this alone, Fang Yuan felt a sliver of admiration for the short young man before him. It was a kind of courage and ability not found in ordinary people.

Even if one claimed such a shark had been tamed, a mere graze from those razor-sharp teeth would strip flesh from bone. A domesticated great white shark simply wouldn’t eat you, nothing more. Knowing this secret did nothing to ease Fang Yuan’s caution.

After being stabbed last time, he had slept for a whole day and night in his apartment. Although he hadn’t noticed any oddities in his body afterward, his companion Chong Chong had also slept deeply for a long while, which made Fang Yuan deeply concerned.

“Eliminate him.” The previously silent Xiaobao suddenly issued a command to the great white shark.

It truly was tamed; as soon as Xiaobao spoke, the great white shark surged with power. Its massive tail fin slapped violently against the water’s surface, and its black, beady eyes instantly brimmed with murderous intent.

A moment earlier, Fang Yuan hadn’t noticed that while the shark had been trying to bite him, there was a hint of playfulness in its eyes. Now, having received its master’s order, the shark was determined to bite down on this puny man before it with all its might.

Sensing the shark’s increasing strength, Fang Yuan knew that even a man of iron could not withstand such a ferocious assault. Yet, by now, there was no way to withdraw. If he let go suddenly, given the shark’s posture, he’d have no chance to pull his hands back before they’d be bitten off.

Those rows of sharp teeth were truly terrifying to behold—enough to frighten anyone.

Blue veins stood out on Fang Yuan’s face, but his hands still strained to hold apart the shark’s powerful jaws.

Alas, the shark’s strength was overwhelming. Fang Yuan’s resistance waned, and the upper and lower jaws inched ever closer to his arm. If those jaws closed, his arm would be lost.

Xiaobao watched it all with a cold sneer, while the men behind him were so shocked they seemed to forget where they were and even who they were. They stared at Fang Yuan in disbelief—a small figure holding his ground against a colossal creature many times his size.

Looking at this young man, his face still calm, without the slightest trace of fear, they knew that such courage was unforgettable.

At that moment, all of them thought the same thing: this was no ordinary man—he was a living legend.

Xiaobao, in idle moments past, had once conducted an experiment. When he gave no command, the shark’s maximum bite force could sever a calf the size of a person in a single snap. When commanded, its bite strength could crush a full-grown dairy cow.

Yet such a vast difference in force seemed to make little difference to the man before him—only closing the gap by a hair. It was astonishing.

What shocked Xiaobao even more was that the man before him, facing this king of the sea, showed not a hint of fear on his face or in his eyes.

“No, this can’t be. This isn’t scientific. This isn’t real.” Xiaobao repeated the words, knowing that even if he told the story himself, none would believe it.

Just as the shark’s teeth grazed Fang Yuan’s skin, Fang Yuan suddenly pulled his hand back sharply. At the same instant, he exerted all his strength, and a razor-sharp tooth from the great white shark was clutched in his grasp.

Using the shark’s own tooth as a weapon, he waited until its jaws snapped shut, then drove the tooth with force into the top of its head.

The tooth, as sharp as a sword, pierced steadily and ruthlessly into the shark’s skull. In an instant, blood stained the surrounding water crimson, and the great white shark quickly sank to the bottom.

The water before him was soon awash in red; Fang Yuan could no longer see where the shark was. Suddenly, he felt a massive surge of water behind him. Spinning around, he saw the great white shark burst from the surface, leaping directly overhead.

As it passed, its massive tail lashed down at Fang Yuan like an iron mountain. If struck by such a tail, a person would likely be flattened.

Sensing the danger, Fang Yuan quickly dove underwater. Even with the water’s cushion, he felt the force shake the entire pool when the tail came down. Clearly, he had truly enraged this ocean overlord.

Even without sight, the shark could pinpoint Fang Yuan’s location, while Fang Yuan, with the water dyed red by blood, could only judge the shark’s position by the disturbances on the surface.

This left Fang Yuan at a disadvantage, unable to attack and forced onto the defensive.

To reduce his chances of being attacked, Fang Yuan swam into a corner, so only the direction before him was exposed to danger.

Detecting a disturbance in the water ahead, Fang Yuan readied himself. As the great white shark charged, he swiftly dove beneath it. Before the shark could turn, Fang Yuan drove a powerful kick into its lower jaw.

He put every ounce of strength into that kick, splitting the shark’s jaw open. Given its massive size, such a wound would not incapacitate it quickly.

As the shark launched another attack, Fang Yuan rapidly adjusted his position, pinpointed the shark’s location, and his movements became exceptionally agile. He began a relentless assault on both sides of the great white shark.

Punches and kicks, though not fatal, wore the shark down through their ceaseless onslaught. The great white shark grew impatient under Fang Yuan’s relentless attacks, writhing furiously in the blood-red water.

The vast pool was soon entirely stained red. The burly men standing behind Xiaobao could not help but gasp at the sight.

They had all lived through blood and storms, yet witnessing Fang Yuan single-handedly beat a great white shark to a bloody mess left them in awe beyond words.

In their hearts, only two words echoed: Living Legend.